Episode
Daniel Boone: The Aaron Burr Story
Overview
Aaron Burr, ex-Vice President, comes to Boonesborough to enlist Daniel to guide him on a long and dangerous journey to the west, but is vague about his reasons for the trek. When Daniel turns him down due to his unease about Burr's secretive intentions, Jericho blindly jumps at the chance to take the offer and earn a hefty fee. After Burr and Jericho leave, Daniel discovers Burr's true mission, and he and Mingo set out to intercept them and save Jericho from his own naivety.
Details
- Series
- Daniel Boone
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 7
- Air date
- 1965-10-28
- Runtime
- 60 min
Episode context
The Aaron Burr Story is Episode 7 in Season 2 of Daniel Boone. It aired on 1965-10-28. The runtime is 60 min.
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Episode 6: The Trek
Boone first respects, then likes, a drunkard sought for burning an Indian village.
Episode 8: Cry of Gold
A man arrives at Boonesborough offering unusually high prices for beaver pelts. Daniel doesn't trust this generous trader and soon discovers the man has an ulterior motive of a sinister nature.
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Episode 5: The Old Man and the Cave
Israel violates a burial ritual when he rescues an aged Indian from death in a cave.
Episode 9: The Peace Tree
A Scottish emigrant, a Cherokee chief s son and Israel try to prevent a war between settlers and Indians.
Episode 4: My Name Is Rawls
Boone pursues a runaway slave stealing pelts to earn passage to Africa.
Episode 10: The Thanksgiving Story
Boone s eccentric father-in-law concocts a Thanksgiving Day plan to prevent a Choctaw attack.
Episode 3: The Mound Builders
A chief of a long-dead Aztec tribe enters the Shawnees Valley of Death.
Episode 11: A Rope for Mingo
Vigilantes stalk Mingo after his knife falls into the hands of a Cherokee who murders a trader s family.
Episode 2: The Tortoise and the Hare
Boonesborough loses hope of winning an annual race when Boone sprains his ankle, until Jericho steps in.
Episode 12: The First Beau
Feelings for Jemima make a dashing young outlaw consider reforming.
Episode 1: Empire of the Lost
Boone returns from a solo expedition to find Boonesborough eerily empty. A corrupt British officer has kidnapped the settlers, including Boone's family, and forces them into unfriendly Chickesaw tribal lands with the intention of gaining personal control of the territory. He then captures Boone and demands that he sign away all rights to Boonesborough or watch his family and friends be turned over to the tribe. Boone manages to escape, but realizing he has no chance of freeing the captives on his own, he turns to a surprising source of help.
Episode 13: The Perilous Journey
Daniel and Rebecca finally get to take a long delayed honeymoon but it gets interrupted by an officer of the Continental Army with a confidential message for Daniel to deliver to New Orleans.